Website Design Troy Weidenheimer - Web site, websites, website design, St. Louis, Missouri Mid-West Writer, Copywriter, Business Website Designer

WEB DESIGN

Background

Active online since 1985, I developed the first full-featured commercial websites for Sears Portrait Studios and Fox Photo Finishing in 1995. As connection speeds and computer capacity have increased over the years, my sites have grown in functionality and sophistication.. But their purpose remains the same - to achieve my clients' business objectives, and draw as many qualified consumers as possible. To that end,  I design graphically simple sites that are easy to navigate and focus squarely on my clients' products and services. I purposely avoid introducing animations and other design features that could distract customer attention from our marketing messages.

 

AmeriCorps St. Louis    ( 2004)    Original version) Website
Designed, wrote and produced this completely new site for the St. Louis chapter of the national organization. The site included 5 sub sites, each focused on the interests and priorities of a specific AmeriCorps online audience.

 Animal Protective Association of Missouri  (Original version) Website
Worked with a graphics designer to develop this completely new site to present a warm, new image for this non-profit organization. The site makes it easy for families in the St. Louis area review and select pets for adoption. Pictures and descriptions of animals currently available for adoption are database driven for easy updating by APA staff members.

 

 

Fazio's  Frets & Friends Music (St. Louis)  ( 2006) Website
Designed, wrote and produced this full-featured commercial site to convey the stature of this industry- leading retail operation, 25 years in business, owned and managed by the Fazio family, Mike, Kathy and Dan Fazio. The site provides a virtual tour of the Fazio's retail facility and the several thousand feet of instrument and amplifier display, instruction studios and repair service areas. Site features a database-driven driven product catalog that showcases the extensive line-up of super-premium hand-crafted guitars.

 

Circle M Music  (Kirksville, MO)  ( 2004)  Website
Designed the new logo and this completely new website for Circle M Music, a musical instrument retailer in business over 30 years in North-Eastern Missouri. BJ Allen and David Daniels specialize in percussion and fretted instruments, sound gear, operate a recording studio, and play in the blues band Blue Voodoo. The site features  a database-driven driven product catalog, and online MP3 samples of recent Blue Voodoo CDs.
 

Chiliman Chili (St. Louis)   Website
This "tongue-in-cheek" site specifically targets 20-30 year- old men - the primary purchasers of canned chili. The concept was to create an online gathering place for all "True Chillimen"  in the form of a shrine to the “art” of canned chili cuisine.


Discovery Counseling  (2007) Website

Barbara Durdle is a skilled and  uncommonly empathetic counselor with a nation-wide client base. Troy designed this new website from the ground up including the new logo for her practice. The site is proving very effective in drawing new clients to the practice.

 

Dov Schmidt Music  (Wynnwood, PA)  ( 2004-2009 ) Website
Dov Schmidt is a highly experienced, symphony violinist and conductor now offering premium violins, violas, cellos and accessories online.  I designed the logo for the new venture and designed, wrote and produced this online store around a database-driven driven product catalog of orchestral stringed instruments and accessories.

 

Discovery Counseling  (2007) Website

Barbara Durdle is a skilled and  uncommonly empathetic counselor with a nation-wide client base. Troy designed this new website from the ground up including the new logo for her practice. The site is proving very effective in drawing new clients to the practice.

 

Holly Horn, Artist and Educator  (2008) (St. Louis, MO)  ( 2008 Website
Holly is a highly talented fine artist and art workshop presenter, as well as being a gifted Spanish language tutor and professional translator. This business site presents both capabilities and uses a Flash slideshow to present past artwork and murals. Troy designed this new website from the ground up.

 

Milnot Evaporated Milk (St. Louis)  Website
This site targets Milnot’s primary consumers, rural female homemakers . I concepted and wrote the entire site which encourages repeat visits with an extensive selection of recipes using evaporated milk, and an area discussing kitchen "collectibles". 
 

Missouri Department of Agriculture  (Original version) Website   
 (Grape and Wine Program)
Developed, wrote, and produced this original site representing all the wineries of Missouri.   Special features include individual pages for all Missouri wineries, a history of winemaking in the state, and a Media Resources area within the Grape & Wine Program section. Each of the state's 30+ wineries is shown and described on its own page,  linked to an Expedia  location map. The Media Resources area offers an album of several hundred thumb-nailed winery images available in high resolution versions from an image library at the Missouri  Department of Agriculture.


 National Museum of Transportation  Website
During summer 1999, Troy designed, wrote and produced this site for the Museum of Transport in St. Louis, MO. The site receives heavy visitor volume from train buffs internationally.

PayDay Candy Bars  
This unusual site, now off-line, was based around photos of a full scale apartment interior constructed just for this site as the system of navigation. The site exclusively targeted males in their early 20's. It won an  Addy award for best site done in St. Louis. The site concept (a bit quaint today) is essentially a computer game in which you explore the interior of the “apartment” and are rewarded by discovering hidden “prizes.“ The site also offers personal information about the young lady who lives in the apartment, along with her collection of recent movie trailers on videotape, and cuts from her collection of the latest rock releases on CD.
 
 Rohan Business Group  (St. Louis)   (2006)  (Original Version) Website
Created logo design and website for this new management consulting business owned by business advisor  Michael Rohan. This site was created to help Mr. Rohan present his experience and credentials in the area of  discovering new business growth opportunities for moderate-sized corporations and institutions.

 

Sound On Site Audio  October 2009  WEBSITE

Created new corporate logo and built this comprehensive new site from the ground up for Jerry Turnbow's company Sound on Site Audio in St. Louis, Mo. I also designed new logos for two other Turnbow companies.
Jerry's group handles sound and lighting for performers and large and small venues throughout the Midwest, Jerry also offers on-location and studio recording services and rents and sells professional-grade sound and lighting gear.

 

Sugar Creek Winery & Vineyards  ( June 2009 ) Website
Built original site in 2002 and then completely redesigned and produced this new site in 2009 for one of Missouri's most outstanding wineries. The Marketing communications strategy: Use the site to  establish an upscale brand image, and to encourage in-person visits to the winery for tastings. Visitors to the winery are attracted  by Sugar Creek Winery's frequent social events which feature great live jazz music and superior Missouri wine.

 

Tonkin & Mondl Maritime Law ( February 2009 ) Website
Ground up design and production of this new website and a matching four-color brochure for this leading law firm specializing in litigating cases involving traffic on inland waterways.


 Labrot & Graham Distillery  (Original Version)  Website
This site provides a virtual tour of a beautifully restored civil war era whiskey distillery situated in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. The goal of this project for the Brown-Forman Company in Louisville was to establish Labrot & Graham as a producer of possibly the world’s finest (and most expensive) bourbon whiskey – positioning it in a class with the finest imported scotch whiskeys.

 

Woodford Reserve Super Premium Bourbon  Website  

This is the semi-final version of the site now online representing Woodford Reserve, the main product  bottled at Labrot & Graham Distillery in Kentucky..


 Wenzel Camping Gear 
This site for one of America’s largest camping gear manufacturers features a complete online product catalog, as well as a complete listing of all retailers of those products. Both are built around “template” pages which draw the latest information from databases electronically linked to the site. This technology allows updating with new product or retailer information by changing database copy or pictures. 

 

Bronze Sculptor Harry Weber      (now offline)
The first website I both designed and produced, (1995) presented the work of St. Louis sculptor Harry Weber. Mr. Weber  created the series of near life-sized bronze statues of famous Cardinal baseball players which are installed around the perimeter of Busch Stadium in St. Louis.